1948? Into the pot it goes.
1948? Into the pot it goes.
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I couldn’t melt those. Those are cool.
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Pewter has been slim picking in my neck of the woods. Haven’t even seen overpriced pieces. Happy to see others are having some success.
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wish I could still post photos here
over got this candle holder, holds 5 candles, pretty elaborate piece,
stamped on the bottom "middletown silver co" its very soft and probably weighs at least 2 or 3 pounds. have yet to find definitive info on it so it has not been melted down yet. some of this old pewter stuff can be worth quite a bit to the right collector I guess. but a whole bunch of modern pewter is worth scrap value or less for the stuff marked pewter that's actually lead or aluminum.
The unexamined life is not worth living....Socrates
Pain, is just weakness leaving the body....USMC
Fast is fine, but accuracy is FINAL!....Wyatt Earp
”We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, yet they are still lying.” –Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
My Straight Shooters thread:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...raight-shooter
The Pewter Pictures and Hallmarks thread:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...-and-hallmarks
I have found that if they have a flat felt bottom it is because they are weighted and not all pewter.
I'm guessing that it may be a variation on "Fine Metal" from the old English pewter name for the type of pewter used for for tableware that was a high tin, lead free alloy, but I'm not sure the content was/is defined for that kind of description.
Nowadays I think the most common classification is based on tin percentage, but no pewter alloy is 100% Sn. Modern food service pewter is 92.5% or more Sn and is lead free, but what's used to cast figurines may have lower tin content and can contain Pb.
I second the idea that if the actual online sale/auction price is a lot more that the cost of scrap pewter, sell them if you don't like them and use the proceeds to get more pewter than you sold, or just keep them if you like them, regardless of price (you can always use them as a tin source in case of TEOTWAWKI).
Well, another pewter hunter fell into the RWP trap. Luckily it was only a couple of pieces.
Neither the first nor the last RydForLyf.
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I had a first today. The glass bottomed mug by Leonard Eales of Sheffield had a whistle in the handle. First time I encountered one, it is allegedly for calling the barmaid for a refill. Unfortunately, it performed much better tankard than as a whistle. All I heard was a hissing, blowing sound when I tried it.
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I never met a barmaid that appreciated being whistled at or fingers snapped to get their attention. I bet "stuff" got "placed" in the whistle to reduce the volume. I appreciate a happy service person that brings me food and drink.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |